Business Wire - Verispan Reports: Prescription Samples for Seniors Falling in 2006
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 YARDLEY, Pa. — The number of prescription samples given at doctors’ offices to patients 65 and older dropped during the first 7 months of 2006 compared to the same time period last year. Cholesterol reducers and diabetes medications experienced the greatest declines in samples issued among the top 10 therapeutic categories for seniors, falling 6% and 2%, respectively.
At the same time, the gap continued to widen between generi…
